In some Brazilian cities you need to keep your head on a swivel day and night.

Now, following a disaster in Belo Horizonte, journalists and fans will have to look up.

At least one person was killed and 10 injured Thursday in the southern Brazilian city -- where I'll take in a World Cup semifinal next week -- when a bridge collapsed on a bus.

The bridge had been part of a greater infrastructure plan to help deal with congestion during the tournament.

The incident serves as a reminder that the infrastructure here outside the stadiums is still very much in shambles while pre-tournament talk hinged around the arenas being constructed.

Take Recife, for instance, where pot holes on a main highway to the venue outside the city look more like craters.

Before the tournament, eight stadium workers died during the construction of various stadiums. It seems a pedestrian has been added to that list.

... AND YOU CAN'T DRESS

Russia national team manager Fabio Capello is under siege from Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who says the former England manager is a "thief" after being paid in excess of $10 million a year to produce zero World Cup wins.

Russia finished 0-1-2 in a World Cup group containing Belgium, South Korea and Algeria.

"We need to look into his work and ask him to resign," Zhirinovsky said, according to Russian media as reported in The Guardian. "But he's greedy, so of course he won’t. It’s pretty good to get (millions) for doing nothing."

Then it got personal.

"Even the way he looks makes it hard to like him," Zhirinovsky added. "He looks like a schoolteacher."

Come to think of it, Capello does have the Walter White look going on -- glasses, sweater vest and all.

Only one of the two is a crook, though.

WATER COOLER TALK

World Cup coaches who banned their players from having sex during the World Cup might have, in essence, screwed themselves. Teams that permitted intercourse have progressed deep into the tournament. Brazilian, Costa Rican and French players have all been permitted to sleep with their loved ones during the tournament, ending the sex debate after all progressed to the last eight … There's talk of FIFA allowing a fourth substitution in extra time. As you know, teams are currently allowed a maximum of three substitutions per game. The reasoning behind the proposal is silly: Teams get tired. Well, yeah, but fitness is a massive component of this game. It's what led to Belgium eventually cracking a U.S. side that defended endlessly earlier this week. Why do anything to take that competitive advantage away? … Sao Paulo news outlet Folha de Sao Paulo is accusing Brazilian star Neymar's dad of involvement in a World Cup ticket scalping scam. Which begs the question: Why would Neymar's dad allegedly need tickets or cash?